Opa! Hitting space worked. Yes, I ran permissions. It told me that three things were wrong but it was all jibberish to me. Something about rwr and airport and two other things. I can't remember off the top of my head. I then did varify permissions and it said the same thing, so I'm not sure if it did anything.
On 29/01/2009, patrickneazer <patricknea...@mac.com> wrote: > Hello Tiffanitsa and all: > > Silly question (smile). do not kill me. I remember you posted a > question and it was suggested that you run permissions. some silly > human wrote a really long explanation on how that might be > accomplished. did you ever run verify permissions and repair > permissions? this might go some way to relieving your problem ... > though that is not a guarantee. try running those functions and > restarting and see if that helps. > > Good luck. > On Jan 29, 2009, at 8:15 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > >> Tiffany, this is a bug whereby VO will only sometimes read this >> dialogue. If you're focused on it when it comes up VO may >> accidentally read it, but more often than not, at least in my case, >> the pertinent info won't be spoken. >> >> This dialogue can come up for a number of reasons, and restarting >> finder nor letting it sit there will not have an effect, as trash >> simply will either not know what you want it to do with the file in >> question, or it will be asking you to confirm as the file may either >> be locked, or in some way have it's permissions set so that you may >> not have immediate permission to delete it. >> >> If you only have a few files in the folder you can press the >> continue button by only using the space bar on it, and not using VO >> space. Tab to the button and just press space to activate it. Now, >> as I said, if there are only a few files you may see another similar >> dialogue come up as other files may be locked and such, and you may >> need to confirm on all of them. Simply trying to delete the entire >> folder will not necessarily help, as trash will again ask you to >> confirm these same files. >> >> One thing you can try, if you haven't already, is to select the >> trash icon in the dock, and use your down arrows to select the >> 'empty trash' option. Once you do, hold down your option key and >> press enter. This will force a delete without confirmations in most >> cases. >> >> If this still doesn't work, write back and we'll go from there… >> >> Best of luck and have an awesome evening!… >> >> Smiles, >> >> Cara :) >> --- >> View my Online Portfolio at: >> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn >> >> On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:11 PM, Tiffany D wrote: >> >>> Nope. Restarting didn't fix it and the program that would use the >>> file isn't even on. I was able to delete similar files in that >>> folder >>> with no problem. I think I'll just save the ones I want and delete >>> the whole folder. It's not even that important but it's frustrating >>> and I want a way around this. >>> >>> On 29/01/2009, patrickneazer <patricknea...@mac.com> wrote: >>>> Hello Tiffanitsa and all: >>>> >>>> I have a good guess why this is happening though I am not sure why >>>> you >>>> cannot click on the stop or continue buttons ... which are the ones >>>> you should be seeing. >>>> >>>> If you are getting such a situation, the computer believes that >>>> one of >>>> the programs you are attempting to toss out in the trash is being >>>> used >>>> by some other program. if it thinks that some program is using a >>>> file >>>> in the trash it will not toss it out and will attempt to ask you >>>> what >>>> you want to do with the empty trash function ... aka ... stop or >>>> continue. >>>> >>>> Restarting your computer will probably work because the file will be >>>> released from the program it is supposedly using. >>>> >>>> Good luck. >>>> On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:32 PM, Tiffany D wrote: >>>> >>>>> I don't know why, but sometimes, when I delete something, I get >>>>> this >>>>> empty trash dialogue. When I try to read it it just says list. >>>>> I try >>>>> to interact with the list and get operation progress. I go further >>>>> and it just says image. When I hit tab it says continue and stop >>>>> but >>>>> no matter what I try, nothing works. It just gets stuck. I've >>>>> tried >>>>> VO and space, enter and even command VO f5 and then VO shift >>>>> space but >>>>> nothing. The only way for me to get out of it is to force quit >>>>> finder. Usually, when I empty the trash, I can delete things again >>>>> but this time, it's not working. I did a force quit finder and >>>>> tried >>>>> to empty trash but the button is dimmed. I'm gonna restart and >>>>> then >>>>> try again. Does anyone know what's going on here? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Tiffanitsa >>>>> >>>> >>>> Take good care and I wish you enough. >>>> >>>> Love >>>> >>>> Me >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > Take good care and I wish you enough. > > Love > > Me > >
